How To Install ffmpegfs on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ffmpegfs on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ffmpegfs
ffmpegfs is:
A read-only FUSE filesystem which transcodes various audio and video formats to MP4, WebM and many more on the fly when opened and read using the FFmpeg library, this way supporting a multitude of input formats and a variety of common output formats.
This allows access to a multi media file collection with software and/or hardware which only understands one of the supported output formats, or transcode files through simple drag-and-drop in a file browser.
There are three methods to install ffmpegfs on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ffmpegfs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ffmpegfs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ffmpegfs
Install ffmpegfs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ffmpegfs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ffmpegfs
Install ffmpegfs Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ffmpegfs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ffmpegfs
How To Uninstall ffmpegfs on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ffmpegfs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ffmpegfs
Uninstall ffmpegfs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ffmpegfs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ffmpegfs
Remove ffmpegfs Configurations and Data
To remove ffmpegfs configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ffmpegfs
Remove ffmpegfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ffmpegfs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ffmpegfs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ffmpegfs package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
